Every Goddamn Day - A Highly Selective, Definitely Opinionated, and Alternatingly Humorous and Heartbreaking Historical Tour of Chicago

"Every day is the anniversary of some historical or cultural moment in the great city of Chicago. Whether it's the dedication of the Pablo Picasso sculpture downtown on August 15, or the arrest of Rod Blagojevich at his Ravenswood home on December 9, or a fire that possibly involved a cow on October 8, each day is redolent with the power of the past. Here, acerbic Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg takes us on a tour of the year, illuminating the famous, obscure, tragic, and hilarious elements that make each day in Chicago one to remember"--

About the author

Neil Steinberg is a daily news columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, where he has been on staff since 1987. His books include Out of the Wreck I Rise and You Were Never in Chicago, both also published by the University of Chicago Press. His writing has also appeared in Esquire, Rolling Stone, Granta, the Washington Post, and the New York Times Sunday Magazine, among other publications.

Product details

• Authors: Neil Steinberg, Neil Steinberg
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9780226779843
• ISBN: 978-0-226-77984-3
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 218 mm x 41 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, General & world history, Local History, General and world history, History of the Americas, Urban communities, US Midwest, North Central & Mid-West States